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Nick Wood

Wood, Nicholas

June 4, 1961 (age 64)

Birth place: Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, British Empire

33 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
August 1991 4 Essay Letter (Vector 162) Vector 162
1996 8 Essay Letter (Science Fiction Eye, Spring 1996) Science Fiction Eye, #14, Spring 1996
March 2003 28 Short Fiction God in the Box Interzone, March 2003
May 2006 16 Essay The Search for South African SF Vector 247
2007 15 Essay The Joy of Craig: Experiences at an Arvon Course Focus, #50
February 2008 Short Fiction Mindreader Escape Velocity, February 2008
November 2009 38 Essay SF in South Africa Locus, #586 November 2009
September 2010 15 Short Fiction Lunar Voices (On the Solar Wind) Redstone Science Fiction, September 2010
September 2011 70 Short Fiction Bridges Albedo One, #40
2012 8 Essay Science Fiction with Honours Focus, #59
February 2012 Short Fiction Of Hearts and Monkeys Something Wicked SF and Horror Magazine, February 2012
February 2012 Interview Writers Cornered: Nick Wood Something Wicked SF and Horror Magazine, February 2012
February 2012 Essay Writing the Other Something Wicked SF and Horror Magazine, February 2012
March 2015 34 Essay Academia and the Advance of African Science Fiction Omenana, March 2015
June 2015 28 Interview Q&A: AfroSF Contributors on Science Fiction in Africa Omenana, June 2015
June 2015 65 Short Fiction The Paragon of Knowledge The Future Fire, June 2015
2016 39 Review Azanian Bridges Vector 284
March 2016 20 Review Azanian Bridges Locus, #662 March 2016
March 2016 8 Short Fiction Dream-Hunter Omenana, March 2016
June 2016 |5 Review Azanian Bridges Strange Horizons, 6 June 2016
July 2016 |7.1 Review Azanian Bridges Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, July-August 2016
August 2016 3 Essay The Last Word on the Last Pantheon Shattered Prism, #2, August 2016
July 2017 |13 Short Fiction The Last Pantheon The Manchester Review, Issue 18
August 2019 63 Essay A Personal Perspective on South African Comics: From Superheroes to Ordinary Heroes Vector 289
September 2019 82 Review Learning Monkey and Crocodile Interzone, September-October 2019
August 2020 |3 Review Learning Monkey and Crocodile Strange Horizons, 10 August 2020
December 2020 |4 Review Water Must Fall Strange Horizons, 7 December 2020
April 2021 |5 Short Fiction A Pall of Moondust Omenana, April 2021
October 2021 |3 Short Fiction Baartman Omenana, October 2021
September 2022 |7 Short Fiction The UmHlosinga Tree (The Fever Tree) Omenana, September 2022
December 2022 |8 Short Fiction The White Necked Ravens of Camissa Omenana, December 2022
January 2023 |14.1 Review The UmHlosinga Tree (The Fever Tree) Apex Magazine, January 2023
July 2024 Review The Last Pantheon ParSec, Summer 2024

5 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
2004 Chapbook The Stone Chameleon Nick Wood
2016 Novel Azanian Bridges Nick Wood
2019 Collection Learning Monkey and Crocodile Nick Wood
2020 Novel Water Must Fall Nick Wood
2024 Chapbook The Last Pantheon Tade Thompson & Nick Wood

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2016 British Science Fiction Award Best Novel Azanian Bridges Nominee
2016 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History Best Long Form Alternate History Azanian Bridges Nominee
2017 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Best Science Fiction Novel Azanian Bridges Nominee
2017 Locus Poll Award Best First Novel Azanian Bridges Nominee
2017 Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Best Novel Azanian Bridges Nominee
2017 Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Best Novella The Last Pantheon Nominee
2018 Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Best Short Story Thirstlands Nominee
2020 British Science Fiction Award Best Novel Water Must Fall Nominee
2020 Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Best Short Story A Million Reasons Why Nominee
2021 Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Best Novel Water Must Fall Nominee

Kitwe became part of Zambia after the declaration of the Republic of Zambia on 24 October 1964. Precise date of death is unclear; it was not publicly announced until June 12th, but the WorldCon in Memoriam Twitter account says he died in May.

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